My ggrandfather, Ben Hill Johnson, was born in Dec. 1855. So it is unlikely he was named after the Confederate soldier. I thought about that before and tried to check on it with no joy as the British say. John R. Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Callaway" <callaway4@hughes.net> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 5:07 PM Subject: **Subject-SPAM1** Re: [JOHNSON] Joshua JOhnson family,Baker Co. GA 1850 > Hi John, > > No, I didn't receive any earlier message than this one, so thanks for > responding again. > > I don't know anything about the Duke family except what I've learned > from you :-) I did notice in the information that you sent me that Mary > Johnson, daughter of Joshua Johnson who married Charles Duke, seems to > live next door to Joshua Johnson in this 1850 census. The age of that > Mary, wife of Charles Duke matches the age of Joshua's daughter Mary at > least. And you will notice that in Charles and Mary Duke's household > AND in Joshua Johnson's household there is a Castleberry. I have often > wondered where they fit in -- I have assumed that they were live-in help > of some kind, and maybe the two Castleberry women were sisters working > for Joshua Johnson and his daughter Mary's households. > > As to the HILL connection, I don't know. There is a Ben Hill County in > Georgia, named after a Confederate soldier who became a GA senator. So > it's possible that your Ben Hill Johnsons were named after him rather > than any family connection with the Hill Family. > > I will email you off-list to give you my snail mail address, and much > appreciate your offer to send copies of the pension applications. I > will also gather any additional information I have on Joshua Johnson and > send that along to you via snail mail if you'll send me your address. > > Good luck! > > Dorothy Callaway > > -----Original Message----- > From: johnson-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:johnson-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of John Johnson > Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 9:56 AM > To: johnson@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] **Subject-SPAM1** Re: Joshua JOhnson family,Baker > Co. GA 1850 > > Dorothy: > > I don't know if you got my reply and sent anything or not. What with the > > holidays and all. I would appreciate any information you have. Please > post > it on the Johnson list. I have been having trouble with my emails lately > but > I seem to get the list okay. > > I think Joshua Johnson is the line I am descended from. I notice in the > 1850 > census he lives close to Delia Ann Dukes two uncles, so there was plenty > of > chance for them to meet. Do you by any chance know who the parents of > Charles Duke (who married Mary Johnson) was? Also do you know where > William > and Delia Ann were in the 1860 census? I haven't been able to find them > or > where they were married at so far. I found Joshua Johnson on the 1860 > U.S. > Census for Early County, using Heritage Quest at the Library. I found it > > interesting that he lived in house 61 and in house 48 was Joseph A. > Hill, > 23, m, NC, planter and his wife Mary E., 20, GA and son Maxwell age 1. > Makes > me wonder if they are related, especially with Joshua and Joseph both > being > born in NC. William and Delia Ann named there son Ben Hill Johnson. > > I went to the Horry County, SC website hoping they would have some > information and they were very skimpy. I sent off about 6 or 8 emails > asking > for information and lookups to email addresses shown on the website and > got > them kicked back as no longer valid. I also took a look at the Warren > Co., > NC website (where the Duke family came from) hoping there might be a > Joshua > Johnson listed there but no luck. Need to check Halifax Co. and the > other > counties around it also. > > Thank you for the information and I look forward to anything else you > would > care to share. If you will send me your snail mail address I will send > you > copies of the pension applications I just got. Or if you have a fax > number I > can fax them. Anyway, thanks again. > > John R. Johnson > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Callaway" <callaway4@hughes.net> > To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 4:46 AM > Subject: **Subject-SPAM1** Re: [JOHNSON] Joshua JOhnson family, Baker > Co. GA > 1850 > > >> Hi John, >> >> I have been watching your posts because your times and dates of > Johnson >> ancestors were close to mine, and if this Joshua Johnson in Baker > County >> is yours, we are researching lines of the same family. I have more >> information on this Joshua Johnson and his family. I'll post some of > it >> below, and you can let me know if this looks like your family -- I > have >> more info on him. I am a descendant of Joshua's brother David. >> >> Joshua Johnson was born October 9, 1791 in North Carolina, died after >> Jun 13, 1863 in Early County, GA. He married Candis (Candice) Reeves >> about 1815 in Horry County, SC. She is the daughter of Mark Reaves > and >> Spicey Smith. She was born 1795 in NC, but her family was in Horry > Co. >> SC also. >> >> They had the following children: >> >> Spicy Ann Johnson b. 1816 >> Ann S. Johnson >> Helen Johnson >> Mary Johnson m. Charles DUKE >> Parizade (Zade) Johnson >> Thomas Gardner Johnson 1829-ca. 1891 >> Daniel A. Johnson b. abt 1832 >> William T. Johnson b. abt 1835 >> Samuel A. Johnson b. abt 1838 >> George Johnson b. about 1840, died during the civil war or shortly > after >> >> Joshua is shown in his father's household (Joshua Johnson, SR.) in > Horry >> County SC in 1810. Joshua and Candis are in their own household in >> Horry Co. in 1820, in Bibb Co. GA in 1830 and 1840, and then in Baker > Co >> GA in 1850 and Early County GA in 1860. Joshua's will as written June >> 13, 1863 and recorded in Early Co. >> >> The 1860 census shows two children Reuben (11) and Virginia (10), who >> were Joshua's orphaned grandchildren (by daughter Parizade), mentioned >> in Joshua's will and his brother David's diary. >> >> I have a good bit more information on this extended family that I can >> send if you'd like. This Joshua (Jr.) is one of six sons and three >> daughters of Joshua Johnson, Sr. who was born in NC and moved to Horry >> Co. SC between 1800 and 1810. Joshua SR (my brick wall) and his wife >> died between 1810 and 1820, and at least five of the six sons moved > into >> Georgia. One of the brothers was Jacob Johnson who married Candis >> Reaves' sister Mary (Polly), so brothers Joshua and Jacob married >> sisters Candis and Polly. >> >> Let me know if you'd like more information. I can either post it on > the >> list, or we can email off-list. >> >> Dorothy (Johnson) Callaway >> Callaway4@hughes.net >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: johnson-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:johnson-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of John Johnson >> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:57 PM >> To: JOHNSON-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [JOHNSON] Maybe a little more luck >> >> I posted the other day about a cousin sending me documents showing my >> gggrandfather was William P. Johnson and he was enlisted in Co. G, > 17th >> GA Volunteers. Today I might have had a little more luck. I found a >> Joshua Johnson on the 1850 census for Baker Co., GA. He has a 15 year >> old son, William P. I think this might be my gggrandfather. And Joshua >> Johnson lived about 5 or 6 houses from two of my gggrandmother, Delia >> Ann Duke Johnson's uncles. No proof yet but strong circumsantial >> evidence. I will post what I found below. >> >> John R. Johnson >> >> 1850 U.S. Census for Baker County >> >> >> CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: GA COUNTY: Baker DIVISION: >> The Seventh District REEL NO: M653-61 PAGE NO: 56b >> REFERENCE: Enum. Date: 4 January 1851; Asst. Marshall: W. L. > Tomlinson >> > ======================================================================== >> ======================================== >> >> 38 67 67 Duke Henry J. 36 M W Laborer >> Georgia X >> 39 67 67 Duke Winney 24 F W >> S. Carolina X >> 40 67 67 Duke Henry J. 11 F W >> Georgia >> REMARKS: Sex of this individual is recorded as > noted >> by enumerator. >> 41 67 67 Duke Benjamin 10 F W >> Georgia >> REMARKS: Sex of this individual is recorded as > noted >> by enumerator. >> 42 67 67 Duke Mary E 2 F W >> Georgia >> >> Note: Henry J. Duke is the Uncle of Delia Ann Duke >> >> 1 74 74 Duke Charles 26 M W Farmer >> 1,100 Georgia >> 2 74 74 Duke Mary 26 F W >> Georgia >> 3 74 74 Duke Ellick 3 M W >> Georgia >> 4 74 74 Duke Mary E. 2 F W >> Georgia >> 5 74 74 Castlebury Susan 23 F W >> Georgia >> >> 6 75 75 Johnson Joshua 58 M W Farmer >> 4,000 N. Carolina >> 7 75 75 Johnson Candis 53 F W >> N. Carolina >> 8 75 75 Johnson Spicy Ann 34 F W >> S. Carolina >> 9 75 75 Johnson Thomas J. 20 M W >> Georgia >> 10 75 75 Johnson Daniel A. 18 M W >> Georgia >> 11 75 75 Johnson John W. L. 16 M W >> Georgia >> 12 75 75 Johnson William P. 15 M W >> Georgia >> 13 75 75 Johnson Samuel A. 12 M W >> Georgia >> 14 75 75 Johnson George P. 10 M W >> Georgia >> >> 15 75 75 Castlebury Magaret 20 F W >> Georgia >> 16 76 76 Sutton Charlitte 50 F W Farmer >> 1,000 Georgia X >> 17 76 76 Sutton Jacob 15 M W >> Georgia X >> 18 76 76 Sutton Ellen 10 F W >> Georgia X >> >> >> >> 6 96 96 Duke Fredrick 42 M W Laborer >> Georgia >> 7 96 96 Duke Harriett 36 F W >> Georgia >> 8 96 96 Duke Green 14 M W >> Georgia >> 9 96 96 Duke Laura A. 12 F W >> Georgia >> 10 96 96 Duke Roswell 11 M W >> Georgia >> 11 96 96 Duke Fredrick 9 M W >> Georgia >> 12 96 96 Duke Harriett 7 F W >> Georgia >> 13 96 96 Duke John W. 5 M W >> Georgia >> 14 96 96 Duke William 2 M W >> Georgia >> >> Note: this is John Fredrick Duke, brother of Benjamin Duke (b. 1805) > and >> uncle of Delia Ann Duke. >> >> >> >> AFFADAVIT TO BE MADE BY THE WIDOW >> >> STATE OF GEORGIA, >> COUNTY OF CALHOUN, >> >> In person cane before me the >> undersigned Ordinary, in and for the County of Calhoun, Mrs. Delia A. >> Johnson, who being sworn according to law says under oath that she is >> the widow of William P. Johnson, who was a soldier in the service of > the >> Confederate States, and served as a member of Company G, of the 17th >> Regiment of Georgia Volunteers, that he enlisted in said service on or >> about the 1st day of July, 1861 and was in the service of the >> Confederate Army up to December 1861. That while in the Army he died >> December 1861 (See Note No. 1) with Pneumonia at Culpepper Courthouse, >> State of Virginia on the _________ day of December 1861. We have not >> seen or heard from Deceased since the War. >> >> Deponent further swears that she was the wife of said decease during > his >> term of service in the Army, and that she has never married since his >> death: that she became his wife on the 30th day of December 1854, and >> that she has resided in Georgia continuously since the 16th day of >> January 1838: that Georgia is her home, and was such on the 23rd day > of >> December 1890 and since said date she has not lived in any other state >> or locality. Deponent as the widow of said deceased soldier husband, >> applies for the pension provided by Act of the General Assembly of >> Georgia, approved December 23, 1890 for the pension year ending > February >> 15th, 1892, and herewith tenders the proof of her right ot receive the >> allowancegranted by said Act. >> >> Sworn to and subscribed before me, this, the >> Delia A. Johnson >> 10th day April 1801. >> >> John J. Ragan, Ordinary >> >> >> >> Affadavit for Three Witnesses >> >> STATE OF GEORGIA In person >> before me the undersigned Ordinary >> County of Baker in and >> for said County witnesses John Cotton >> J. S. Stasill >> >> and __________________________ each known to said Attesting Officer as >> truthful, reliable, and reputable, who severally say under oath, that, >> from their own personal knowledge, Mrs. Delia A. Johnson, of the > County >> of Calhoun, State of Georgia is the widow of William P. Johnson, who > was >> a soldier in Company G of the 17th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers. > That >> said soldier enlisted in the service of the Confederate States (or the >> Georgia State Troops) on or about the 1st day of July 1861. That while >> in said service or by reason of said service in the Army, he lost his >> life as follows: Sick December 1861 with Pneumonia at Culpepper >> Courthouse, State of Virginia, died on the ____ day of December 1861. > J. >> A. Stovall closed his eyes who has herein stated. >> >> S. G. Gregory certifies to the statement of J. A. Stovall in Colquitt >> County. >> >> We further swear that Mrs. Delia A. Johnson was the wife of said > soldier >> during the service and that she has not enter married since his death >> and that she resides in Calhoun County, State of GA. >> >> Sworn to and subscrived before me this the >> John his Cotton >> 25th day of April, 1891 >> mark X >> >> S. G. Gregory, Ordinary >> J. A. Stovall >> >> J.S. Bradwell, Clerk of the Ordinary, Decatur Court >> M. Cleveland >> as to M. Cleveland >> >> >> >> POWER OF ATTORNEY, >> >> STATE OF GEORGIA >> CALHOUN, COUNTY. >> >> Know all men by these Presents That I Delia A. Johnson of Calhoun > County >> in the Said State of Georgia, do hereby appoint >> W.A. Wright of Atlanta my true and lawful attorney in fact, for me and >> in my name, to receive and receipt for whatever amount of money I may > be >> entitled to from the State of Georgia as a widow of a Confederate >> Soldier, as stated in the forgoing affadavit: hereby authorizing my > said >> attorney to receipt in my name for any Warrant that may be issued by > the >> Governor, or for any sum of money which may be forthcoming t me for > the >> reason aforesaid. >> >> IN WITNESS WHEREFORE, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 10th >> day of April, 1891. >> >> >> Delia A. Johnson (L. S.) >> >> Execute in the presence of us; >> >> Annie L. Johnson >> John J. Ragan, Ordy >> >> Directions >> >> If allowed, send amount by Express to me at Leary, Calhoun County, and >> oblige. >> >> >> Delia A. Johnson >> >> For Widows Heretofore Allowed Pensions. >> >> STATE OF GEORGIA, Personally comes Mrs. >> County of Calhoun Delia A. Johnson >> >> Who being sworn, says on Oath, that she is a bona fide resident of > said >> county of Calhoun, State of Georgia, and that she has resided in said >> State continuously ever since January 1838. That she is the Widow of >> William P. Johnson, who was a soldier in Company G, 17 Regiment of >> Georgia Volunteers, that he enlisted in said regiment on or about the >> month of July 1861 and served in the Army up to December, 1861. That > he >> lost his life on the ____________ day of December, 1861 (State here > full >> particulars of the husband's death, when, where, and from what cause) >> >> Pnuemonia, enlisted in the service of the C.S. Army in hospital at >> Culpepper Courthouse, Virginia. >> >> >> Deponent swears that she was the wife of said deceased soldier, during >> his service in the arm as a soldier and that she has never married > since >> his death aforesaid, that she became his wife in the year 1854, that >> Georgia is her home and she resided in this State 23rd day of December >> 1890, and has not lived in any other state or locality since that > date. >> I have been allowed a pension as a resident of Calhoun County for the >> year ending February 15th, 1895, and now apply for the pension > provided >> by law for the year ending February 15th, 1896. >> >> >> Sworn to and subscribed before me this date >> 2 day of Jan. 1896 Delia > A. >> Johnson >> >> John J. 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